Wounds
Practical Pearls
24-7 Dressing Technique to Optimize Wound Healing After Mohs Micrographic Surgery
The authors describe the use of a comfortable, effective, and simple technique for wound dressings after dermatologic surgery in patients who are...
Clinical Review
Upper Lip Anatomy, Mechanics of Local Flaps, and Considerations for Reconstruction
Reconstruction of defects involving the upper lip can be challenging. The purpose of this review was to analyze the anatomy and function of the...
Case Letter
Recurrent Painful Nodules Following Synthol Injection to Enhance Bicep Volume
The use of injectable volumetric site enhancers in the form of oils to improve the aesthetic appearance of muscles has been prevalent for decades...
Clinical Review
Vibrio vulnificus: Review of Mild to Life-threatening Skin Infections
Vibrio vulnificus infection should be high on the differential for patients who present with chronic liver disease and immunosuppression...
Conference Coverage
Molecular insights suggest novel therapies for hidradenitis suppurativa
Many key molecular pathways involved in HS pathogenesis can be targeted by commercially available agents having other indications.
Conference Coverage
Adalimumab enhances primary wound closure after HS surgery
Primary wound closure following surgery for HS is controversial.
Conference Coverage
Expert highlights advances in DRESS
Recent data demonstrate that DRESS symptoms often occur within just a week or two of drug exposures.
Photo Challenge
Atrophic Lesion on the Abdomen
An 18-month-old child presented with a 4-cm, atrophic, flesh-colored plaque on the left lateral aspect of the abdomen with overlying wrinkling of...
Conference Coverage
Expert offers clinical pearls on leg ulcer therapy
“If no contraindications exist, compression therapy is the best antihypertensive and anti-inflammatory treatment for all leg ulcers, not only...
Tips
Optimizing Patient Positioning During Dermatologic Surgery
Patient positioning is an important technique for tension control during dermatologic surgery. Increasing tension across a surgical site during...
Environmental Dermatology
Aquatic Antagonists: Sponge Dermatitis
Sponges from the phylum Porifera exist throughout the world in marine and freshwater environments. Although many encounters with humans are benign...